Laura Hobgood-Oster > ProfNet Connect

Home

Blog

Laura Hobgood-Oster

I am working on:

a new book titled “A Dog’s History of the World”

Updated:

Jan 10, 2012, 11:16 CST

Contact This Person

Media Contact:
Ellen Davis
Member Type(s): Expert
Title:Professor of Religion
Organization:Southwestern University
Area of Expertise:animals and religion, animal rights

To become a ProfNet premium member and receive requests from reporters looking for expert sources, click here.

My Expertise

Area(s) of expertise: animals and religion, animal rights

Summary of expertise:
Animals in the history of the Christian tradition; contemporary religious-ethical issues related to other-than-human animals; religion and ecology; environmental studies; Ecofeminism.

Books/articles published:
The Friends We Keep: Unleashing Christianity’s Compassion for Animals (Baylor University Press, 2010)

Holy Dogs and ****: Animals in the Christian Tradition (University of Illinois Press, 2008)

Awards/associations/memberships:
President of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (2011-

Prior media experience:
Professor Hobgood-Oster has been quoted in newspapers across the country. She also has done numerous radio and television interviews.

Educational background:
PhD, St. Louis University 1997
M.Div., Vanderbilt University 1989
B.A., James Madison University 1985

Interests:
Dog Rescue with the Georgetown Animal Shelter and Georgetown Animal Outreach